{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1977-10-27","airworthiness_ops":"Glider","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"1978-06-08","city":"LAFAYETTE","country_code":"US","county_code":"055","cruise_speed_mph":73,"data_date":"2026-09-25","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"00000","engine_horsepower":0,"engine_maker":"NONE","engine_model":"NONE","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2027-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-24","maker":"Schweizer","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"SCHWEIZER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"8051606","mode_s_code":"51435630","mode_s_hex":"A63B98","model":"SGS 2-33A","n_number":"N500SZ","name":"LAFAYETTE SOARING INC","num_engines":0,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N500SZ is a Schweizer SGS 2-33A, a glider with no engine, built in 1977. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Lafayette Soaring INC, a corporation in Lafayette, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 8, 1978 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for glider, dated October 27, 1977.","region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":2,"serial_number":"500","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"LA","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 3524","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Glider","type_aircraft_code":"1","type_engine":"None","type_engine_code":"0","unique_id":"00070925","url":"https://staging.data.eflight.com/aircraft/N500SZ","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1977,"zip":"705023524"}